ΔΗΜΟΤΕΛΕΙ, δημοτελει
DĒMOTELEI, dēmotelei
Sounds Like: dee-mo-teh-LEH-ee
Translations: public, at public expense, common, general
From the root: ΔΗΜΟΤΕΛΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning 'public' or 'at public expense'. It describes something that belongs to the people or is funded by the community. It can be used to describe events, buildings, or services that are for the general populace.
Inflection: Singular, Dative, Masculine, Feminine or Neuter
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 13 — 5:167
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΗΜΟΤΕΛΗΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΔΗΜΟΤΕΛΗΣ — public, at public expense, common, a public
- ΔΗΜΟΤΕΛΟΥΣ — public, common, national, of the people, for the people
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